X58 ssd question

[Fawlty]

Just purchased a 250g Samsung 840 non pro SSD for my older GA-X58A-UDSR system (bios FF), plugged into the Sata 3gb/s connector as I understand the 6 gb/s Marvel is a waste of time.
I moved Arma 3 over to it and have found I have a stuttering mess, so much so that I had to shut down mid game to move A3 back to my HD.

Is there anything that can be done short of upgrading to make this workout?

Cheers
Fawlty

[Vinster]

Re: X58 ssd question

so if the game resides on the SSD the game studders??? but if it's on a normal platter drive it's fine?

That doesn't make at all any sense....

can you list out your drive configuration, you have your rig listed in your sig but nothing mentions your drives, also what OS, driver versions?

Vin

[Fawlty]

Re: X58 ssd question

Thanks for the feed back Vinster,
I unplugged the SSD, will do a upgrade after summer.
From what I've been reading I'll never get anywhere near top performance out of this older MB so the efforts are sort of in vain
I did a speed test and my WD blacks were only off by about 20%

Near Toronto but not in it

How are things back in "HogTown" my home town

[wazza300]

Re: X58 ssd question

it should run fine,try it on the marvell ports too,they are ok for single ssd

as for intel ports make sure you set to ahci mode in the bios(same thing for marvell ports,they have a separate ahci settings in the bios)

install the latest intel rapid storage drivers and be sure to run the latest bios for your board,theres also a recent firmware update for the Samsung 840's

[Fawlty]

Re: X58 ssd question

Hey Wazza, Is it possible to activate marvell ahci ports only for the ssd as I don't want to reinstall windows on the HD's (intel ports)

[wazza300]

Re: X58 ssd question

not sure with the marvell ports

could try it it will just bsod at windows splash screen if you can't,idk the reg tweak either for the marvell/ahci,its simple for the intel ports and no reinstall needed

if you wanna stay on intel ports and run ahci mode,stay in ide mode and run this reg file,then restart into bios and set the INTEL sata ports to ahci mode,save/exit and boot into windows and that's it ahci mode without reinstalling

http://cdn.ithinkdiff.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/ahci.reg

[Fawlty]

Re: X58 ssd question

Cheers Wazza,

Is there a recovery for the reg edit in case this goes south

[wazza300]

Re: X58 ssd question

yeah all it does is enable the install of the ahci drivers without reinstalling windows,it changes a 1 to a 0 in the registery,ill post how to reverse it





How to enable AHCI in Windows 7 RC after installation

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AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) enables native command queuing and hot-plugging through SATA host controllers (Serial-ATA) for your hard drives. In many scenarios it enables more efficient multi-tasking. Vista was the first Windows OS to support AHCI out of the box, where as Windows 7 does the same. But an issue with AHCI is that if you install the OS without enabling AHCI in the BIOS, enabling it after installation will render your OS unusable. This is because Windows disable the AHCI driver since it is not needed during the installation.

There is one way to fix this, although you need to have knowledge of registry editing. The detailed steps from Microsoft are as follows:

To resolve this issue, enable the AHCI driver in the registry before you change the SATA mode of the boot drive. To do this, follow these steps:
1.Exit all Windows-based programs.
2.Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
3.If you receive the User Account Control dialog box, click Continue.
4.Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetServicesM sahci

5.In the right pane, right-click Start in the Name column, and then click Modify.
6.In the Value data box, type 0, and then click OK.
7.On the File menu, click Exit to close Registry Editor.

After this you’ll have to restart your computer, go to BIOS and enable AHCI. When you log in to Windows again, you’ll notice the installation of drivers for AHCI. Another restart will be required to finish the driver installation.
just put a 1 instead of 0 to reverse it

ive used it many times,ahci is essential for ssd's,its probably why it was stuttering

[Fawlty]

Re: X58 ssd question

Thanks again,

Just remembered I can clone C drive to an external drive as well so, I've got it covered.

Now just need time to get after it.

[wazza300]

Re: X58 ssd question

done it yet?

[Fawlty]

Re: X58 ssd question

done it yet?

Waaaay to busy in the garden and on such a lovely day.

And I've got to get ready for Arma3 coop tonight, great tactical sim

[Vinster]

Re: X58 ssd question

changing the registry for the AHCI hack isn't going to cause you any issue, it's just a flag for windows when it starts to look for upgrades drivers when it doesn't find them installed already...

I had a system that I changed and it took me a few days to figure it out... all I did is restore the bios back to IDE and the system re-booted just fine...

Just a note, make sure you install the latest drivers for the chipset and the marvel controller because this trick only works if the driver is available in the system... if the drivers are not present (which happens on just a Windows install... it copies only the required drivers) you will get an 0x000000A7 (I think) BSOD...

if that happens go in the bios and change it back to IDE, reboot and install different drivers...

another possibility is to change the Registry, then the bios and pop in your Win7 install disk and perform a repair, have the drivers handy on a USB stick and then load in the storage drivers manually... that'll work too...

I've done it both ways and both worked fine, but just making sure you have the full driver pack installed before hand saved you a lot of trouble.

and SATA3 drives on the ICH10R controller in a RAID0 isn't that big of a bottleneck... yes you are not getting the 500mb/s per drive... but with 2-3 drives you can get 750mb/s+ on that controller....

It's the best on board controller out there that is only matched by $300+ dedicated RAID cards and they'll peak at 1GB/s as that is the top end that the PCIe lane can manage...

Vin